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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Spotify Server

Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Spotify Server We've already shown you how to transform your Raspberry Pi into a Pandora streaming jukebox, but if Spotify is your service of choice, you're in luck now too.

Wouter van Wijk published a clever bootable image that turns your Raspberry Pi into a remote Spotify server with little to no tinkering. The software itself has no GUI, but you can control music playback from any browser or MPD client on the same local network. The package supports USB audio if stereo won't cut it, and even AirPlay support if that's more your style. You will need a Spotify Premium account for this to work, but if you have one and want a remote playback device, this looks like a perfect option.

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Monday, March 25, 2013

CA-NEWS Summary

Cyprus faces last ditch chance to save economy

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, seeking a last-minute reprieve from financial meltdown at talks in Brussels on Sunday, has a "very difficult task" ahead of him if he is to save the island's economy, a government spokesman said. With Cyprus facing a Monday deadline to avert a collapse of its banking system and potential exit from the euro, late night talks in Nicosia to seal a bailout from the EU and International Monetary Fund broke up without result.

British police give all clear on radiation at Putin critic's home

ASCOT, England (Reuters) - Specialist police with nuclear and chemical training gave the all clear at the British home of former Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on Sunday, a day after the fervent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin died in unclear circumstances. Once known as the "godfather of the Kremlin", the former billionaire powerbroker helped Putin rise to the top before falling out of favor himself and fleeing to Britain in 2000.

Ex-President Musharraf returns to Pakistan for elections

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's former President, Pervez Musharraf, returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and death threats from the Taliban. Musharraf hopes to regain influence so that his party can win seats in the general election scheduled for May 11, when he will face fierce competition, including from the man he ousted in a military takeover.

Israel fires into Syria after Golan attack on troops

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front. It was not immediately clear whether Israel held Syrian troops or rebels responsible for what a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said had been a deliberate attack on Israeli patrols in the occupied territory.

Central African Republic capital falls to rebels, Bozize flees

BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of the country's riverside capital Bangui on Sunday, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials said. At least six South African soldiers were killed in clashes with the rebels, a Reuters witness said. A United Nations source said the force, in the country to train the army along with hundreds of regional peacekeepers, was preparing to leave.

Fire in Thai refugee camp kills 36

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A fire swept through a remote camp in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar, killing 36 and destroying hundreds of make-shift shelters, officials said on Sunday. The fire, which broke out on Friday in Mae Hong Son province, about 900 km (550 miles) north of Bangkok, has left more than 2,000 people homeless, provincial governor Narumol Palavat told Reuters.

Israel says fence-mending with Turks does not end Gaza blockade

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel did not commit to ending its Gaza blockade as part of reconciliation with Turkey and could clamp down even harder on the Palestinian enclave if security is threatened, Israeli officials said on Sunday. After a U.S.-brokered fence-mending announcement on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Israel had met his demands to apologize for killing nine Turks aboard a Gaza-bound activist ship in 2010, pay compensation to those bereaved or hurt and lift the blockade by allowing in more consumer goods.

Afghanistan's Karzai heads to Qatar to discuss peace with Taliban

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to discuss peace negotiations with the Taliban, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, as efforts intensify to find a negotiated solution to the twelve year war. Karzai's trip to Qatar would represent the first time the Afghan president has discussed the Taliban peace process in Qatar, and comes after years of stalled discussions with the United States, Pakistan and the Taliban.

John Kerry asks Iraq to stop arms to Syria

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and said he told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of his concern about Iranian flights over Iraq carrying arms to Syria. Washington believes such flights and overland transfers take place nearly every day and help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his efforts to crush a two-year-old revolt against his rule, said a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Iran says not linked to group arrested in Saudi Arabia for spying

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry said the country was not linked to a group of alleged spies arrested in Saudi Arabia, Iranian media reported on Sunday. Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that it had detained an Iranian, a Lebanese, and 16 Saudis for spying. Political analysts and press in Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia have accused Shi'ite Iran of being behind the alleged espionage.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ca-news-summary-001437480.html

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Kerry wants Iraq to stop arms shipments to Syria. Why would Iraq agree?

A sharp divergence in Iraqi and US interests was on display in Secretary of State John Kerry's surprise visit to Baghdad.

By Dan Murphy,?Staff writer / March 24, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media aboard an Air Force C-130 on his way back from Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday. Kerry is calling for Iraq to stop sending arms to Syria.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry made a previously unannounced stop in Baghdad today, and in the process unintentionally highlighted the difficult job he's been assigned in advancing the US diplomatic agenda as regards to the Syrian civil war.

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Dan Murphy is a staff writer for the Monitor's international desk, focused on the Middle East.?Murphy, who has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and more than a dozen other countries, writes and edits Backchannels. The focus? War and international relations, leaning toward things Middle East.

(Web) Castles Made Of Sand

If there is one sliver lining in the Google Reader shutdown that has enraged the blogosphere (OK fine, the tech blogosphere), it's the fact that Google offers a way for Reader users to export their RSS subscriptions using its Google Takeout service. Actually, Google Takeout lets users of most major Google services remove their data from the Google ecosystem at any time. This is how it should be done.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9WXeZoYewwY/

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

'Oz' holds box-office lead with $46.6 million

NEW YORK (AP) ? "Oz the Great and Powerful" continued to live up to its name, leading the weekend box office for the second week with $46.6 million.

The Halle Berry thriller "The Call" opened well above expectations, taking in $17.1 million in its debut.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "Oz the Great and Powerful," Walt Disney, $41,252,702, 3912 locations, $10,545 average, $144,056,326, two weeks.

2. "The Call," Sony, $17,118,745, 2507 locations, $6,828 average, $17,118,745, one week.

3. "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," Warner Bros. $10,177,257, 3160 locations, $3,221 average, $10,177,257, one week.

4. "Jack the Giant Slayer," Warner Bros., $6,314,262, 3357 locations, $1,881 average, three weeks.

5. "Identity Thief," Universal, $4,419,310, 2842 locations, $1,555 average, $123,606,175, six weeks.

6. "Snitch," Lionsgate, $3,504,618, 2353 locations, $1,489 average, $37,261,895, four weeks.

7. "21 and Over," Relativity Media, $2,669,967, 2424 locations,$1,101 average, $21,918,740, three weeks.

8. "Silver Linings Playbook," Weinstein Co., $2,525,603, 1602 locations, $1,577 average, $124,551,782, 18 weeks.

9. "Safe Haven," Relativity Media, $2,453,229, 2206 locations, $1,112, $66,911,039, five weeks.

10. "Escape From Planet Earth," Weinstein Co., $2,339,419, 2211 locations, $1,058 average, $52,178,000, five weeks.

11. "Dead Man Down," FilmDistrict, $2,126,029, 2,188 locations, $972 average, $9,373,369, two weeks.

12. "The Last Exorcism, Part II," CBS Films, $1,276,070, 1575 locations, $810 average, $14,381,174, three weeks.

13. "Life of Pi," Fox, $1,224,692, 646 locations, $1,896 average, $121,344,826, 17 weeks.

14. "A Good Day to Die Hard," Fox, $1,157,499, 1117 locations, $1,036 average, $65,471,646, five weeks.

15. "Quartet," Weinstein Co., $936,699, 688 locations, $1,361 average, $14,833,591, 10 weeks.

16. "Emperor," Roadside Attractions, $625,518, 311 locations, $2,011 average, $2,028,581, two weeks.

17. "Warm Bodies," Lionsgate, $569,290, 659 locations, $864 average, $64,580,200, seven weeks.

18. "Dark Skies," Weinstein Co., $544,605, 703 locations, $775 average, $16,647,116, four weeks.

19. "Side Effects," Open Road Films, $543,568, 402 locations, $1,352 average, $30,482,781, six weeks.

20. "Argo," Warner Bros., $509,207, 540 locations, $943 average, $135,178,251, 23 weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/oz-holds-box-office-lead-46-6-million-004811161.html

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NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight

NEW YORK (AP) ? A new proposal would require New York City retailers to keep tobacco products out of sight under a first-in-the-nation proposal aimed at reducing the youth smoking rate, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.

The legislation would require stores to keep tobacco products in cabinets, drawers, under the counter, behind a curtain or in other concealed spots. They could only be visible when an adult is making a purchase or during restocking.

Bloomberg said similar prohibitions on displays have been enacted in other countries, including Iceland, Canada, England and Ireland.

"Such displays suggest that smoking is a normal activity," Bloomberg said. "And they invite young people to experiment with tobacco."

Stores devoted primarily to the sale of tobacco products would be exempt from the display ban.

The mayor's office said retail stores could still advertise tobacco products under the legislation.

"We have made tremendous strides in combatting smoking in New York City but this leading killer still threatens the health of our children," said Dr. Thomas A. Farley, the health commissioner.

Farley said the city's comprehensive anti-smoking program cut adult smoking rates by nearly a third ? from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.8 percent in 2011 ? but the youth rate has remained flat, at 8.5 percent, since 2007.

Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death among New Yorkers, Farley said.

The legislation, to be introduced in the City Council on Wednesday, is comprised of two separate bills that Farley called "logical, important next steps to further protect our teens from tobacco."

The second bill, called the "Sensible Tobacco Enforcement" bill, strengthens enforcement of discounted and smuggled cigarettes. It would prohibit the sale of discounted tobacco products, impose packaging requirements on cheap cigars and create a price floor for cigarette packs and small cigars. The city would have the authority to seal premises where there are repeat violations.

The bill would also increase penalties for retailers who evade tobacco taxes or sell tobacco without a license.

Bloomberg has backed a number of public health measures, including a crackdown on large sizes of sugary drinks and adding calorie counts to menus. A judge blocked the drinks ban but the city is appealing.

"People always say, 'Oh, you're doing these health things to raise money,'" Bloomberg said. "No, that is not the reason. We're doing these health things to save lives."

The bill would also prohibit retailers from redeeming coupons for tobacco products.

Associated Press

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Stocks falter following Cyprus's bailout plan

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 15, 2013. U.S. stock markets are opening lower, threatening to end the Dow's winning streak at 10 days. Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday March 18, 2013 as investors gave their initial verdict to a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as investors worried that a controversial proposal to seize money from depositors in Cyprus could set off another bout of anxiety over Europe's shared currency.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 62.05 points, or 0.4 percent, to 14,452.06 Monday. It had plunged as much as 110 points in the early going, briefly turned positive in the afternoon then fell back again in the last hour of trading.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 8.60 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,552.10 The Nasdaq composite dropped 11.48 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,237.59.

European markets recovered most of an early slide and closed with modest losses. Yields on government bonds issued by Spain and Italy edged higher and the euro fell to a three-month low against the dollar.

The market rally that has pushed the Dow to record levels this year has been punctuated by concerns about the euro-region's lingering debt crisis. The Dow fell 1.6 percent Feb. 25, its biggest wobble this year, after elections in Italy threw the country into political paralysis, endangering crucial economic reforms.

"Europe has got problems," said Uri Landesman, president of Platinum Partners, a hedge fund. "You could get more stuff like this and the market isn't priced to handle that."

A weekend agreement between Cyprus and its European partners called for the government to raid bank accounts as part of a ?15.8 billion ($20.4 billion) financial bailout, the first time in the euro zone crisis that the prospect of seizing individuals' savings has been raised. The measures are stoking fears of bank runs in the other 16 nations that use the euro.

Cypriot authorities, facing an uproar, delayed a parliamentary vote on the seizure and ordered the country's banks to remain closed until Thursday while they try to modify the deal to lessen the impact on small depositors.

Markets in Europe and Asia also fell during early trading, before retracing some of their losses later in the day. Germany's DAX index dropped 0.4 percent and Spain's main stock index shed 1.3 percent. Indexes in Britain and France each lost 0.5 percent.

The euro fell almost a penny against the dollar to $1.2954, touching its lowest level in three months. Gold climbed $12 to $1,604.60 an ounce.

The U.S. stock market's reaction to euro zone developments has become more muted over time.

The Dow slumped more than 8 percent last year between May 1 and June 1 on concerns that Spain and Italy would be dragged into Europe's debt crisis. While the Dow initially dropped last month in reaction to the Italian election results, it has since gained 4.6 percent. Likewise the market recovered much of the early loss Monday prompted by Cyprus's bailout deal.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, which moves inversely to its price, fell to 1.96 percent from 1.99 percent as investors moved money into low-risk investments. Yields on bonds issued by Spain and Italy, the two most vulnerable large European economies, rose but only slightly. Spain's benchmark 10-year yield rose to 4.97 percent from 4.91 percent, and Italy's rose to 4.57 percent from 4.55 percent.

The stock market's resilience suggests that traders consider the Cyprus situation to be contained for now, said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist for Prudential. The threat of rising volatility may also deter the Fed from thinking about ending its economic stimulus program. The central bank starts its second two-day policy meeting of the year Tuesday.

"Absent the Cyprus flare-up, the markets were slowing a bit and it looked as if investors were digesting the gains and waiting for the next catalyst," said Krosby.

Financial stocks were the biggest decliners in the S&P 500. Investment bank Morgan Stanley fell 60 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $22.99. Citigroup dropped $1.02, or 2.2 percent, to $46.24.

Goldman Sachs said Monday that it had lifted its end-of-year target for the S&P 500 to 1,625 from its previous target of 1,575. The investment bank is forecasting that the U.S. economy will grow 2 percent this year and 2.9 percent next year. It also predicts that corporate deals and dividend payments will increase.

Deutsche Bank also said Monday it was lifting its year-end prediction for the S&P 500 to 1,625 from 1,600, forecasting an upturn in business spending.

Among other stocks making big moves:

? Schlumberger dropped $3.06, or 3.9 percent, to $76.34 after the oilfield services company said that its first quarter activity was below its expectations as customers reactivated fewer rigs than forecast.

? Boeing fell $1.25, or 1.4 percent, to $85.18 after archrival Airbus signed its biggest deal of all time on Monday. The European plane maker won an order from Indonesia's Lion Air worth 18.4 billion euros ($24 billion) for its short haul A320 and A321 jets.

Associated Press

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Reset Windows Activation/Remove license key

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Open a command prompt as an Administrator.
Enter slmgr /upk and wait for this to complete.

This will uninstall the current product key from
Windows and put it into an unlicensed state.

Enter slmgr /cpky and wait for this to complete. This will remove the product key from the registry if it's still there.
Enter slmgr /rearm and wait for this to complete.
This is to reset the Window activation timers so the new users will be prompted to activate Windows when they put in the key. This should put the system back to a pre-key state.

Hope this helps you out!

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On the Brink: Israel to grill Obama over Iran

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) inspects the Natanz nuclear plant in central Iran in March 2007. The U.S. and Israel fear Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb, a claim Tehran denies.

The leaders of the United States and Israel are about to have some serious face time -- five-and-a-half hours culminating in a late-night dinner on Wednesday. Three key issues will dominate the agenda: Iran, Syria and the Palestinians. In the first part of our "On the Brink" series,?NBC News correspondent Martin Fletcher --?who has been covering the region for three decades?--?gives his take?on a problem of global significance: the prospect of Iran getting nuclear weapons and military action to stop that happening.

News analysis

Israel?s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have one key question for President Barack Obama when they meet Wednesday: If push comes to shove, will America attack Iran to stop the Iranians from developing a nuclear bomb?

Obama has a question of his own, just as critical. Will Israel promise not to attack Iran without American approval?

Ahead of the U.S. president's trip, Israel?s President Shimon Peres described Iran as ?the greatest threat to peace in the world.?

Lucas Jackson / Reuters, file

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points to a red line he has drawn on a graphic of a bomb used to represent Iran's nuclear program as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September last year.

He made the remark in a March 12 speech to the European Parliament in Strasburg, but he likely had Washington in mind.

On paper there is little light between the U.S. and Israeli positions. Obama and Netanyahu both say they will not permit Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. They both hope sanctions and political pressure will do the job. Both say all options are open, including military.

So how come neither trusts the other?

Israeli analysts point to North Korea, which has also been subject to international sanctions and American warnings against pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

Yet today, North Korea not only has a nuclear weapon but has threatened to use it to attack America.

So the Israeli analysts ask, what good are American promises on Iran?

On the other hand, can Israel really go it alone?

The reality is that Israel?s so-called red line -- the point at which it must attack for the strike to be effective -- is much closer than America?s because the U.S. has many more, and more powerful, bunker-busting bombs that can hit Iranian nuclear installations like Fordow.

The shared U.S./Israeli assessment appears to be that the Iranians will have enough weapons-grade uranium for an atom bomb by mid-2013. So what to do?

Most analysts in Israel agree on two things. First, Israel must act. No country can ignore threats to obliterate it, especially a country born from the Holocaust. Second, Israel cannot destroy Iran?s nuclear program alone. At best, it can delay it. Yet that is what Israel?s policy has been for a decade.

Israel is already fighting a secret war against Iran, reportedly assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, planting computer viruses in the heart of Iranian scientific complexes, destroying centrifuges by taking over their operating programs and making them spin themselves to destruction, and booby-trapping key items that Iran imports from foreign countries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voices concern over the progress of Iran's nuclear program while addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

So why up the stakes by launching an air attack, with all the risks of downed pilots being captured, civilian casualties, and massive reprisals?

This would at best buy a few years' time, while giving Iran the excuse it needs -- in the light of open Israeli aggression -- to publicly declare its need for a defensive nuclear option.

Israel?s considerations go beyond an actual attack. The question is, will Iran?s response be so severe that Israel would regret attacking it for evermore? That?s certainly what Iran wants Israel to think.

But Iran?s threats to rain down thousands of rockets a day on Israel appear increasingly hollow.

Syrian support for Iran is now far from guaranteed. And economic sanctions mean Iran is less able to finance and supply its allies in the war against Israel -- Hezbollah in south Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli military analysts are increasingly sanguine about the threat. They believe Iran?s response will be severe, but nothing like it would have been before the revolt against President Bashar Assad in Syria, which weakened him and Hezbollah.

As for Washington, there is certainly no stomach for another war just as it is winding down troop levels in Afghanistan.

It?s the last thing America needs as it tries to cut down on spending and reduce its $16 trillion national debt.

Yet Obama appears committed to doing whatever it takes to stop the Iranians from getting a nuke.

Foreign Policy magazine reported last October that America and Israel were considering a joint air attack that could last days, or maybe just hours. But then what?

The best hope for a peaceful solution would be regime change in Iran, or a change of heart by the present fundamentalist Muslim leaders.

Neither seems likely.

On Monday, Martin Fletcher looks at what is possibly an even more urgent threat to Israel: the civil war in Syria.

Martin Fletcher is the author of ?Walking Israel," "The List" and "Breaking News."

President Obama makes his first trip to Israel where he will meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.

Related:

Obama: Iran more than a year away from nuclear weapon

Netanyahu says nuclear talks buy Iran time to build the bomb

Analysis: Israel airstrike may foreshadow Iran attack

This story was originally published on Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:06 AM EDT

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2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl

Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

Ma'lik Richmond, 16, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

Judge Thomas Lipps arrives in court where he pronounced Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

Ma'lik Richmond, 16, left, and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, right, walks around in the court room during a break on the fourth day of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The pair are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

Trent Mays, 17, enters the courtroom before Judge Thomas Lipps pronounced Mays and co-defendant, Ma'lik Richmond, 16, delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) ? Two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio's attorney general warned the case isn't over, saying he is investigating whether coaches, parents and other students broke the law, too.

Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison in a case that has rocked this Rust Belt city of 18,000 and led to allegations of a cover-up to protect the Steubenville High team, which has won nine state championships. Mays was ordered to serve an additional year for photographing the underage girl naked.

They can be held until they turn 21.

The two broke down in tears after a Juvenile Court judge delivered his verdict. They later apologized to the victim and the community, Richmond struggling to speak through his sobs.

"My life is over," he said as he collapsed in the arms of his lawyer.

The crime, which took place after a party last summer, shocked many in Steubenville because of the seeming callousness with which other students took out their cellphones to record the attack and gossiped about it online. In fact, the case came to light via a barrage of morning-after text messages, social media posts and online photos and video.

"Many of the things we learned during this trial that our children were saying and doing were profane, were ugly," Judge Thomas Lipps said.

Immediately after the verdict, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said he will convene a grand jury next month to investigate whether anyone else should be charged. Noting that 16 people refused to talk, many of them underage, DeWine said possible offenses to be investigated include failure to report a crime.

"This community desperately needs to have this behind them, but this community also desperately needs to know justice was done and that no stone was left unturned," he said.

Among those who have been interviewed are the owners of one of the houses where parties were held that night, the high school principal, and the football team's 27 coaches, many of them volunteers.

Text messages introduced at the trial suggested the head coach was aware of the rape allegation early on. DeWine said coaches are among officials required by state law to report child abuse. The coach and the school district have repeatedly declined to comment.

Mays and Richmond were charged with penetrating the West Virginia girl with their fingers, first in the back seat of a moving car after a mostly underage drinking party on Aug. 11, and then in the basement of a house.

"They treated her like a toy," prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter said.

Prosecutors argued that the victim was so intoxicated she couldn't consent to sex that night, while the defense contended the girl realized what she was doing and was known to lie.

The girl testified she could not recall what happened but woke up naked in a strange house after drinking at a party.

"It was really scary," she said. "I honestly did not know what to think because I could not remember anything."

She said she believed she was assaulted when she later read text messages among friends and saw a photo of herself naked, along with a video that made fun of her and the alleged attack.

Three other boys, two of them on the football team, saw something happening that night and didn't try to stop it but instead recorded it with their cellphones. Granted immunity to testify, they confirmed the girl was assaulted and said she was so drunk she didn't seem to know what was happening.

Evidence at the trial also included sexually explicit text messages sent by numerous students after the party. Lawyers noted how texts have seemed to replace talking on the phone for young people. A computer forensic expert documented hundreds of thousands of texts found on 17 phones seized during the investigation.

In sentencing the boys, Lipps urged parents and others "to have discussions about how you talk to your friends, how you record things on the social media so prevalent today and how you conduct yourself when drinking is put upon you by your friends."

After the arrests, the case was furiously debated on blogs and social media, with some people warning of conspiracies and conflicts of interest. On Sunday, Hemmeter, the prosecutor, criticized efforts by the hacker collective Anonymous to publicize the case, saying the attention had a chilling effect on those willing to testify.

After the verdict, the accuser's mother rebuked the boys for "lack of any moral code."

"You were your own accuser, through the social media that you chose to publish your criminal conduct on," she said. She added that the case "does not define who my daughter is. She will persevere, grow and move on."

Echoing that, the judge said that "as bad as things have been for all of the children involved in this case, they can all change their lives for the better."

___

Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus.

Associated Press

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Redevelopment Planned for Shibuya City Office - Real Estate Japan

Shibuya-City-Office-1 Moves are underway to rebuild the Shibuya City Office buildings after it was discovered that they would be at risk of falling over in an earthquake that produced a?shindo?level of upper-6 (read about the Japanese seismic intensity scale?here).

At a press conference held on February 12, Shibuya ward mayor, Toshitake Kuwahara, announced that they hope to decide on a budget for the project during the 2014 financial year.

The buildings are currently below the maximum allowable building size for the site, so the local council hopes that the availability of additional space will help to reduce their own redevelopment costs.

The current site includes the 6-storey city office and the 4-storey Shibuya Public Hall (aka Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall). Both were completed in 1964, coinciding with the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The Public Hall building hosted the weight-lifting events.

After the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake, the buildings were inspected for their earthquake-resistance. The Public Hall was found to be above the minimum level of resistance required, while the city office required reinforcement work.

The Shibuya government office buildings in the 1960s

However, an inspection of the town hall following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake found the building?s seismic index to be just 0.23.

According to Shibuya ward, earthquake retrofitting would cost approximately 6 billion Yen (64 million USD), while demolishing and rebuilding a similarly sized building was estimated to cost 20 billion Yen (214 million USD).

Shibuya-City-Office-1960s Officials are considering several options, including developing a leasehold apartment building or office building on the site, which could provide the local council with additional revenue.

A condominium tower is currently being constructed in Tokyo?s Toshima-ku. The Toshima city office will move into the building when construction is complete in 2015.

Source: SankeiBiz, February 13, 2013.

Editor?s Note: Zoe Ward is the publisher of?Japan Property Central?and has extensive experience in the Tokyo real estate market, working for some of the advertising agents on Real Estate Japan.

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Source: http://www.realestate.co.jp/2013/03/15/redevelopment-planned-for-shibuya-city-office/

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Important Informatinon!

The Hunt, Things to know

1. The Hunt is going to be gruesome and violent and because I have grown to love all the characters and am quite fond of all of them, were going to pretend that there are a few other families involved so that there will be death, those other families will be NPC played by all of us, you may kill and torture them however you wish. But unless you drop out or request it your character will not be killed. Your character can be severely injured, but NOT KILLED!

2. The hunted (our characters) are not allowed back onto Westwick Hall grounds, they will be locked out and released into the African plains, to keep them from escaping the eight hundred acres of the Westwick property is fenced off by a tall electric fence.

3. Wild animals such as lions, cheetahs, elephants, hyena, and other animals native to Africa freely live on the eight hundred acres of land, they are not tame in anyway and are very dangerous. Not to mention the poisons snakes, spiders, and plants. So make sure your characters are extra careful!

4. The parents will be hunting for their children so the children may have to kill their parents at some point. Also the children will have to band together, make sure while in the roleplay we are involving everyone so no one is bored or by their selves for too long!!!!

5. Most of these kids have lived pampered live styles, so none of them are going to have amazing survival skills, they are going to have to LEARN their skills OVERTIME, not overnight, naturally the boys may be a little more adjusted, but the girl will catch on fairly quick.

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Repix for iPhone and iPad review

Repix is an art photography app for iPhone and iPad by Sumoing that offers a unique experience of mixing painting with photo editing. Instead of simply adding filters, Repix includes a bunch effects that you can paint and mix and match onto specific areas of your photos.

Repix comes loaded with a sample photo of flowers that you can play with to learn how to use the app. You can also load any photo from your Camera Roll, Photo Stream, or Facebook. Unfortunately, you cannot access photos stored in other albums on your iPad.

Along the bottom of the screen, you will find all the brushes available in Repix. To use them, simply make a selection and paint with your finger. The brush size is static, but zooming in and out of the photo will adjust its relative size to the photograph, allowing you to make fine adjustments or more broad edits.

At the top of the screen is an icon that gives you access to more traditional editing: crop, brightness, contrast, saturation, vibrance, temperature, and vignetting. To apply the edits, you simply swipe your finger left or right across the screen to adjust its intensity.

Repix comes stocked with many brushes for free. Additional brush packs are available as in-app purchases for $1.99 each, or $4.99 for the Master's Collection.

The good

Unique, handcrafted brushes to remix your photos
Edit any part of your photos by simply painting with your finger
Pinch to zoom adjusts brush size
Erase, undo or start again
Ability to crop and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, vibrance, temperature, and vignetting
Support for both landscape and portrait
Access Facebook photos
Share to Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram
Buy more brushes for $1.99 per pack or $4.99 for all of them

The bad

Can't access all albums, only Camera Roll and Photo Stream
Can't compare with original
Crop tool doesn't include common ratios

The bottom line

Repix is an awesome app for lovers of art and photography. It's extremely easy and intuitive to use. I'm no artist by any means and cannot really give Repix justice, but for those of you who are, I'm sure you can create some beautiful artwork with it.

If you do, please share your work in our Photography Forum; we'd love to see it!

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Friday, March 15, 2013

With Android Management Shakeup, Google ... - Business Insider

Google?s master plan for mobile is finally coming into focus.

The?latest development:?Andy Rubin, who has run the Android mobile operating system since 2004, even before it was acquired by Google, is stepping down. Taking over Android will be?Sundar Pichai, currently the head of Google?s Chrome web browser and Chrome OS project. And here?s where Google shows its hand: Even as he takes on new responsibility for Google?s mobile strategy, Pichai will remain in charge of Chrome.

Somewhere in the afterlife, Steve Jobs just yelled, ?Boom!?

Google is preparing for hybrid, mobile PCs

The distinction between PCs and mobile devices is blurrier than ever, and Google seems to be setting itself up for the moment when Android (for mobile devices) and Chrome (for PCs) become one.

In 2011, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said that?Android and Chrome OS would some day fuse. Android currently runs the majority of smartphones in the world, while Chrome OS is Google?s successful but still nascent attempt to provide people with an alternative to Windows on their notebook and desktop PCs.?Putting a single person in charge of both Android and Chrome at once is rather transparently the fastest way to get both projects headed toward some kind of union.

Schmidt has also said that?Chrome OS is for devices with keyboards, and Android is for devices without. But as the world fills with all manner of hybrid beasts?tablets with keyboards,?laptops that convert to tablets,?smartphones that become tablets,gigantic smartphones?and even notebooks designed to?run Windows and Android simultaneously?it?s apparent that these distinctions are, if not exactly meaningless, then at least increasingly unhelpful. People are having fun with and getting work done on whatever device is at hand. Call them mobile PCs.

This explains Google?s Chromebook Pixel

The baffling, tantalizing Chromebook Pixel.AP/Jeff Chiu

Google recently released?the Chromebook Pixel, a high-powered laptop that only runs its own?Chrome OS. The operating system is good, but it isn?t nearly as capable as Windows or Mac OS X, and its primary talent right now is a great web browsing experience and native integration with Google?s cloud services like Gmail and Drive. In other words, it?s great for cheap laptops, but Chrome OS simply isn?t doing anything taxing enough to warrant all the horsepower and expense of the Chromebook Pixel. Reviewers?savaged it accordingly.

But now we see where Google is going with all of this. Like the operating system that runs on Apple?s iPhones and iPads, one of the strengths of Android is its enormous library of ?native? apps?that is, applications that you download to the device before using. Native applications can do things web-based applications ?still can?t, like intensive video editing and high-end gaming.

Once Google fuses Android and Chrome OS, Chrome will get the huge library of native applications that it currently lacks, and Android could gain the desktop-like features that make Chrome so useful for getting real work done. Some of these advantages are quite simple: Chrome has true ?windowing,? which means that the web applications running on it can be run in individual windows instead of browser tabs or, as is common in mobile operating systems, as full-screen apps.

But how will Google avoid the Windows 8 trap?

Valve CEO Gabe Newell called Windows 8 ?this giant sadness.?AP/Elaine Thompson

If all this sounds familiar, it?s because the exact same vision animated Microsoft Windows 8, which puts a mobile and tablet-friendly interface alongside regular old Windows. But most people have found that fusion leads to unacceptable compromise.

Here?s the key difference for Google, if Chrome and Android merge: Google does not have to support a huge population of existing users of its desktop operating system. Chrome OS is only four years old, and it wasn?t until recently that cheap laptops pre-loaded with Chrome OS made it?the least bit mainstream.

Microsoft?s strength is also its weakness: Millions of businesses have built applications on top of Windows that Microsoft must support with each successive version of Windows. Google?s primarily obligation, on the other hand, is to the hundreds of millions of people who already use Android, a lightweight, stable, constantly improving operating system that is already close to being capable of allowing users to do ?real? work with it.

Unburdened by the need for backwards compatibility and empowered by all the lessons tallied so far by the PC industry, Google has the chance to create an operating system that spans all devices and is truly workable?not just a kludge like Windows 8.

Android + Chrome OS is a money maker

With Google selling hardware like its Nexus 7 tablet more or less at cost, the company remains dependent on advertising.AP/Ahn Young-joon

Currently, Google doesn?t charge a licensing fee to the companies, like Samsung, that make billions of dollars selling mobile devices that run Android. Google?s only way to make money directly from Android is through the Google Play store, where it sells apps, and so far the Play store is not a material portion of Google?s income. (Of course, Google-approved versions of Android keep people using Google?s services, where the company can place advertising.)

But a fused Android and Chrome OS opens up a number of new potential revenue sources for Google. Foremost among them is simply charging for future Google services. While Gmail might always be free, Google is happy to charge users to store their data. As people move more and more of their lives to the cloud, Google could potentially lock them into life-long subscriptions to its data storage and other services.

Google is already accomplishing this at the enterprise level with the per-user subscriptions to a suite of Google apps.

Let the age of cloud-based personal computing begin

Google?s move to fuse Chrome OS and Android is perfectly in line with its identity as an internet company. Chrome OS epitomizes Google?s view that no matter what device you pick up, simply logging in should present you with?the same experience, no matter what.?Google recognizes that what users want isn?t control but fluidity.

People want that?moment in the movie?Avatar, when a character swipes a document from a flat panel monitor onto his tablet computer, so he can carry it around with him as he walks. We live in an age in which, Google Docs and iCloud and Microsoft Office 365 notwithstanding, the dominant method for sharing data between computers, even computers owned by a single person, is still email. What we could have, instead, is a single unified digital life that is abstracted into the cloud. In this world, every device, no matter its size or capabilities, is simply as a window into our online workspace. A world in which all screens are created equal.

Google is trying to realize this vision, but so far its expression?force users into a Chrome OS in which everything is run through the browser?has felt limited. But these are the early days, and the company?s larger ambitions have yet to be realized. The only question is, will it be called Chandroid or Androme?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/with-android-management-shakeup-google-reveals-the-broad-sweep-of-its-ambition-2013-3

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Ingress update lets users submit portal locations and information fixes

Ingress

Ingress has just been updated today to give users the ability to submit and update portal location information. For existing portals, players at those portals can now submit new photos that they feel better show the location. You can also now submit suggestions for improvements to the portal name, description or location information. For areas that users think would be good portal locations but aren't yet, they can submit a photo and information for consideration to open a portal there.

The update also claims to improve GPS location accuracy and stability, along with a host of nondescript "bugfixes and performance improvements". If you're a hardcore Ingress player, this will be an update to get. You can grab an update or download of the latest version from the Play Store link above.

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Exclusive: Singapore banks likely to drop Malaysia FX reference rate - source

By Rachel Armstrong

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Banks in Singapore will likely abandon their reference rate for the Malaysian ringgit, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, handing a victory to Malaysia's central bank as it seeks to control and deepen its onshore currency market.

Singapore's foreign exchange market has come under pressure for change since regulators, spurred by a global scandal over bankers rigging key lending rates, ordered reviews last autumn into various rates set by the city-state's banking association.

The probes uncovered attempts by traders to manipulate Singapore's rate fixings for certain currencies, fuelling the ire of central bankers in Malaysia and Indonesia who for years have held concerns about the impact of offshore speculation on their own spot currency markets.

The Association of Banks in Singapore, which is hammering out reforms to improve the integrity of its rate settings, is expected to adopt a plan that would end the daily publication of a ringgit spot price for settling derivative contracts, said the person, a banking professional with direct knowledge of the plans who did not want to be named as the plans were not public.

A spokesman for the Association of Banks in Singapore declined to comment on the matter. The Monetary Authority of Singapore provided no comment. Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara, also declined to comment.

No final decision has been made on whether to discontinue the offshore ringgit rate and discussions are continuing about how to reform the system, several banking sources involved in the process have told Reuters.

Even the consideration of dropping the offshore ringgit rate shows the pressure Singapore faces from its neighbors and the impact of the global regulatory push for greater transparency in over-the-counter derivatives.

The association has not shown any movement toward ending Singapore's rate fixing for the Indonesian rupiah, which market players say lacks a reliable spot reference rate in its home country compared with Malaysia's reference rate for the ringgit.

Over the past two years, the Singapore fixing has consistently quoted the rupiah at rates against the dollar that are weaker than the onshore rates, with the spread widening as far as 250 rupiah at the start of this year. The spread between onshore and offshore rates for the ringgit fixing is usually close to zero.

MALAYSIA BOOST

The derivatives priced against the reference rates, known as non-deliverable forwards (NDFs), are instrumental for companies, investors and traders seeking to hedge currency risk in countries where capital controls restrict foreign money flows.

With the end of Singapore's ringgit rate, banks trading ringgit NDFs would refer to a benchmark published by the foreign exchange industry association in Malaysia, the person said.

Suresh Ramanathan, regional rates and FX strategist with Malaysia's second largest bank CIMB , said the changes would generate more interest in Malaysia's underlying asset markets, which have been largely overshadowed by the Philippines and Indonesia in recent months.

"We are going to see greater depth and liquidity in Malaysia's onshore ringgit market as the region reduces its reliance on NDF fixing," Ramanathan told Reuters.

"The question we have to ask is how smooth the transition from offshore fixing to onshore will be. Bank Negara got the ball rolling in January by asking the local banks to use the onshore ringgit fixing."

Malaysia's portfolio inflows more than doubled to 59.2 billion ringgit ($19.02 billion) at the end of 2012 from the year before, central bank data shows, as funds seek growth in Southeast Asia, one of the world's fastest-growing regions.

VESTED INTERESTS

Relying on Malaysia's onshore ringgit rates would still fall short of the ideal solution - a benchmark based on actual transactions - but it would be better than the offshore model, said Joseph Cherian, director of the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments at the NUS Business School in Singapore.

"When vested interests like offshore bankers set reference rates, be it interest or foreign exchange, and have their profit and loss - and by extension, their compensation - determined by the very rates they set, the temptation to do wrong is always high," he said.

Singapore's NDF market is one of the world's largest with turnover that can reach billions of dollars per day. Most trade is in the Indian rupee, for which reference rates are overseen by India's central bank, and in Southeast Asian currencies.

Some central banks, including Indonesia's, have long complained that speculation by NDF traders has made the spot rates for their currencies more volatile.

To determine Singapore's daily currency reference rates for the ringgit, a panel of 15 banks submits estimates of onshore spot rates every trading day. The fixing takes the average of bank contributions, after removing the top and bottom quarter of submissions.

Thomson Reuters, parent of Reuters news, acts as the agent for the Association of Banks in Singapore, collecting and calculating the rates. A similar process is used for interbank lending rates in Singapore and other financial centers around the world.

The move to a locally set rate is both a vote of confidence in the credibility of Malaysia's onshore rates, and a signal of banks' reluctance to remain involved in an offshore rate-setting process that has become mired in controversy.

It also reflects momentum for regulators to crack down on rate fixing systems after last year's scandal over the setting of the benchmark London interbank offered rate (Libor), which found traders worldwide were manipulating daily lending rates tied to more than $600 trillion worth of securities.

The review into Libor in London is proposing to reduce the number of interest rate benchmarks and tighten the oversight of the rate-setting process.

($1 = 9690.50 Indonesian rupiah)

($1 = 3.11 Malaysian ringgit)

(Additional reporting by Niluksi Koswanage in Kuala Lumpur; Editing by Michael Flaherty, Edmund Klamann and Dean Yates)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-singapore-banks-likely-drop-malaysia-fx-reference-041110784--sector.html

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Man arrested for violating Trump restraining order

DORAL, Fla. (AP) ? A man was being held without bond in South Florida Wednesday after authorities said he violated a restraining order to stay away from one of Donald Trump's daughters.

Doral police arrested John Eugene Enabnit at a hotel Monday. He was being held at a Miami-Dade County jail on a charge of violating a restraining order issued by a New York court.

Ivanka Trump is an executive vice president for her father's Trump Organization and appeared on his reality television show "The Apprentice."

Donald Trump owns the Trump Doral Resort & Spa in the Miami suburbs, where Tiger Woods won the Cadillac Championship on Sunday. Police Chief Richard Blom said the resort's security escorted Enabnit off the tournament grounds Saturday.

Enabnit was trying to get into a media area with someone else's credential, which was not valid on that particular day, Blom said. A security guard confiscated the credential and asked Doral police to assist in escorting Enabnit off the grounds.

One of the Doral officers later recognized Enabnit on a New York Police Department flier that had been distributed to resort security but not to local police. The flier said Enabnit had been stalking Ivanka Trump and that he would be violating the restraining order because the resort is considered her place of business, Blom said.

Police tracked Enabnit to his hotel Monday.

"He said he had been trying to get in touch with Ivanka and see her and court her," Blom said. "He admits he was on the grounds and he admits he was looking for her."

Jail records did not show whether Enabnit had an attorney.

Messages left for a Trump Organization spokeswoman were not immediately returned.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-violating-trump-restraining-order-183803141.html

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SEO Explained: Setting up Effective Meta Tags on your Pages by ...

Posted by Gabriella Sannino on March 14, 2013 ? Leave a Comment?

One of the most basic steps in implementing SEO (Search Engine Optimization) measures on your website should be to ensure your meta data is appropriate. There are a few differing opinions about which tags are required and which can affect rankings, but I?m going to discuss just the Title, Description and Keywords, which will appear in the head of your page, between the open () and close() tags.

The idea, of course, is to have your site displayed when a user is searching for what you have to offer. Having the finest meta data around won?t accomplish that, but not properly implementing these tags can definitely get in the way of your success.

Let?s take a look at a couple of examples, and then discuss what you should be doing. I think you?ll be able to see very quickly which of the examples can result from following the steps that follow.

SEO Meta Data Screen Capture 1

SEO Mega Data Screen Capture 2

The difference is fairly obvious, right? One of them was on the first page, #3 result? nice! The other was on the 20th page, #208? hmmmm?. not so nice. Not a lot of shoppers will even bother with the second page ? the 20th might be a real stretch.

Now, as I said, our friends at Gymboree didn?t land the #3 slot just because they have a good title and/or meta description. But which one do you think you would be more likely to click through on? That?s what we?re after here. So let?s see how to put your title and meta tags to work for you.

Title ? 60 characters will display

First of all, let me say that the Title tag is technically not a meta tag, like the Description and Keywords tags. It does appear with them, however, and it does have some value. This is the linked text that appears in your page?s entry in the SERPs (search engine results pages). As such, it?s the first opportunity to grab the user?s attention and show him what your page is about. If the title seems to match the information he?s searching for, he?s that much closer to clicking through to view your page. Use that to your advantage.

Description ? 150 characters ? may display

The meta description is a brief description of what the page is about. Again, this is an opportunity to show the users specifically what your page deals with, hopefully enticing them to visit. You should put some thought into the description, as it may be your last opportunity to attract that user. Make it relevant to your page?s topic, and above all, write it for the user, not for the search engine. A mention of your main keyword won?t affect your ranking a bit ? the description is strictly for the user.

It?s important that your description is accurate in the context of your page, and the use of your main keyword is recommended (3 keywords maximum, and even that can sometimes appear spammy). Google sees this as a suggestion, however, and if their algorithm decides it can find something more pertinent than what you?ve provided in the meta description, it may do so.

Keywords ? (see below) None will display

The keyword tag is an outdated meta tag? one I only mention because I want to be certain that everyone understands that it?s not only not necessary to use it, but can even be harmful when used unwisely. So I think it requires some discussion.

There was a time when site owners and webmasters could list the terms for which they wanted to rank in this tag and some search engines paid attention. Naturally, that led to abuse, and people began stuffing every term under the sun into their meta tags. But when Inktomi was acquired by Yahoo in 2002, the last major search engine that openly gave any credence to meta keywords ceased to be a player (Yahoo! may still look at meta keywords, at least in terms of variations).

If you?re like most people, depending upon Google for the majority of your traffic, entering keywords into the meta tags has no positive effects ? they pay them no mind, at least not in a good way.

There have been indications that stuffing keywords (particularly any that don?t appear on that page) into the meta tags can act as a flag for spam. If you?re determined to use them just because you always have, then I urge you to be certain not to include any that don?t appear on the page and don?t overdo it. As a maximum, I?d suggest 3 or 4 comma-separated keywords.

The Head

Among other things, the head of your page will contain your meta data, appearing something like this:
< head>
< title>Not a Meta Tag, but should use it anyway < /title>
< meta name=?description? content=?Awesome Description Here?>

< meta http-equiv=?content-type? content=?text/html;charset=UTF-8?>
< /head>

There are other meta tags that sometimes appear, but they have no effect on the page?s ranking, either, and I?m not going to go into them in detail here. Most of you will never have occasion to use the majority of them, but they could include such things as a site certification key, viewport, format detection or a URL shortener verification. So if you?re looking at your meta data and see any of those, there?s no need to panic.

Important Note

Just as each page on your site should be unique, so should your title and description. The search engines are going to great length to provide the searcher with the most relevant results possible ? it?s up to you to convince that user that your page is the most relevant of all those shown in the SERPs. You can?t do that by having the same title or meta description on several pages.

Don?t think, either, that simply fine-tuning your meta data is going to make you rank. There are over 200 ranking factors considered by Google?s ranking algorithm, so this is just a first step. There are a great many on-page SEO steps that can help your pages rank for your preferred search terms.

Want more SEO tips? Check out the Level343 blog for more insights from Gabriella!

About Gabriella Sannino
For the past fifteen years Gabriella has held positions as a consultant, web developer and creative director until she decided it was time to open Level 343, an SEO and copywriting company. She fancies herself an Italian rocker, rebel and SEO geek. She loves singing in the shower and keeps a notepad next to her bed.

Source: http://www.momeomagazine.com/seo-explained-setting-up-effective-meta-tags-on-your-pages-by-seocopy/

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Google is preparing for hybrid, mobile PCs

This explains Google?s Chromebook Pixel

But how will Google avoid the Windows 8 trap?

Android + Chrome OS is a money maker

Let the age of cloud-based personal computing begin

Thursday, March 14, 2013